CWRI10001 Contemporary Poetry and Fiction (University of Melbourne): rated 2.8/5 overall, difficulty 3.8/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.7/5 across 40 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
CWRI10001 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Arts in Creative Writing. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 当代诗歌与小说
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Creative Writing
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This subject focuses on the creative process of writing poetry and fiction, from the first idea through the development, editing and presentation, including the identification of sources, and choice of style and form. Students will be encouraged to write a variety of forms of fiction and contempo.
CWRI10001 has 40 scored reviews: overall 2.8/5 · usefulness 2.5 · difficulty 3.8 · would-recommend 0.7 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 9 reviews by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (1.1/5 overall); 20 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.1 stars); 11 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
On Reddit: "It's definitely not a WAM-booster. The marking is very dependent upon who you get for it. When I took the class, I got an H2A for my poetry. When I asked what I could do better in to get an H1, I was told that it didn't 'ring true' to the marker. This is probably as good a way a…"
On Reddit: "I took this last year and managed to get a low H1, despite being a second-language speaker. But I did it as an elective and took it quite seriously. Also, It was my first semester so I did all the readings and attended all the tutorials. I can't remember the required wordlengths…"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is CWRI10001 hard?
A: Students rate CWRI10001's difficulty 3.8/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is CWRI10001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 40 reviews: would-recommend 0.7/5, usefulness 2.5/5, overall 2.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CWRI10001, and when is it offered?
A: CWRI10001 is taught by the Faculty of Arts. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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